Downtown Nashville: Soul of Music City

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1 Downtown Nashville: Soul of Music City

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3 Making it easy to do the right thing The Problem The Plan The Process The Code The Results Rick Bernhardt, FAICP, CNU-A Metropolitan Planning Department of Nashville and Davidson County

4 The Problem Antiquated methods of regulation that impeded development

5 Floor Area Ratio (FAR) FAR is the ratio of total building floor area to the area of its lot. For example, on a 10,000 square-foot lot in a district with a maximum FAR of 1.0, the floor area of a building cannot exceed 10,000 square feet.

6 Sky Exposure Plane A way of controlling height at the street A virtual sloping plane that begins at a specified height and rises inward over the property at a ratio of vertical distance to horizontal distance set forth in zoning regulations

7 Site Example Core Frame (CF) Floor Area Ratio (FAR) = feet at the street Sky Exposure Plane (SEP) = 1 foot horizontal to 1.5 feet vertical

8 Nearly every project needed a rezoning or variance Extra time and money

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10 The Plan Creating a vision for the future

11 Existing Conditions

12 Existing Conditions

13 Community Involvement The Plan Focus Groups open to all stakeholders Kick Off Community Meeting Visioning 6 community meetings Special Meetings for Property Owners Brown Bag Lunches and Drop In Continuous work with fellow Departments and Agencies

14 The Downtown Plan

15 Vision for the future Distinct, inter-related neighborhoods

16 Zoning compared to the Plan Existing Zoning Envisioned Neighborhoods

17 The Process Creating new incentives and regulations

18 Timeline 09/06 Began updating the Plan 02/07 Plan adopted by Planning Commission 07/07 Staff tests the policies 03/08 Findings presented to the Commission Beginning of Resource Teams meetings

19 Timeline 11/09 Planning Commission Public Hearing Approved on consent 01/10 Metro Council Public Hearing Unanimous approval 02/10 Zoning is effective June 2006 to February 2010

20 Community Involvement The Code 13 Resource Teams meetings Councilmembers Metro Departments and Agencies Consultations with property owners and developers Meetings with stakeholder groups 3 Community meetings on the DTC 1 Community meeting on the amendments to the DTP Public hearing at the Planning Commission on consent Public hearing at Council unanimous approval

21 Introduction Subdistrict Standards Uses General Standards The Code

22 Downtown Code - Mandatory Downtown Code: Complete rewrite of zoning code for downtown Form-based Mandatory

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24 The Downtown Code: What it is and What it is not The Downtown Code (DTC) is a zoning district for Downtown. It will be a new section in Title 17 of the Metro Code. The DTC is not an Specific Plan (SP) zoning district or an Urban Design Overlay (UDO). Building permits will be issued under the DTC the same way they are issued within other zoning districts. Only as properties redevelop will the standards of the DTC apply. There is no deadline for compliance. The DTC does not exempt properties from compliance with the standards of other Metro Departments.

25 Compliance Level 1 additions of 25% or less Level 2 additions greater than 25% or less than 1000 square feet, whichever is greater Level 3 Redevelopment after the demolition or destruction of 5-50% Level 4 Redevelopment after the demolition or destruction of more than 50% Level 5 New construction

26 Modifications Minor Modifications deviations of 20% or less may be approved by Planning Staff Major Modifications deviations of more than 20% - and modifications of standards without numbers may be approved by the DRC.

27 Design Review Committee

28 Design Review Committee One member nominated by each: Chamber of Commerce Civic Design Center Downtown Partnership Urban Residents Association One member appointed by each: Mayor Vice-Mayor, on behalf of the Metro Council Historic Commission Planning Commission

29 The Regulating Plan

30 Typical Subdistrict Page

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32 Typical Subdistrict Page Based on Street Frontage Primary Secondary Tertiary Alley Other

33 Typical Subdistrict Page

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35 Section III: Uses

36 Section III: Uses

37 Frontage Standards Storefront Stoop Porch Industrial

38 The Bonus Height Program LEED LEED ND Pervious Surface Open Space Workforce Housing Civil Support Space Upper Level Garage Liner Underground Parking Public Parking

39 The Bonus Height Program Max ht. LEED LEED ND Pervious Surface Open Space Max bonus ht. Core 30 stories 4, 8, 12 stories 2 stories for all properties Based on sq.ft. no more than 2 stories Based on sq.ft. no more than 8 stories unlimited Lafayette 12 stories 2 stories 2 stories for all properties Based on sq.ft. no more than 2 stories Based on sq.ft. no more than 2 stories 16 stories total

40 Adopted in February 2010 Consultations (green) New construction (orange) 669 new residential units 1160 hotel rooms Adaptive reuse (purple) Local restaurants and breweries Local small businesses National businesses and brands

41 11 North 304 units New Construction Hyatt Place 255 rooms, 13 stories

42 New Construction Music City Center 1.2 million sq.ft. New building in historic district Ryman Lofts 60 units

43 New Construction Omni Hotel and Country Music Hall of Fame addition 13 stories, 800 rooms Pine Street Lofts 305 units

44 Adaptive Reuse

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46 Infrastructure Support

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49 The Downtown Code The Problem The Plan The Process The Code The Results Rick Bernhardt, FAICP, CNU-A Metropolitan Planning Department of Nashville and Davidson County